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T. P. DUNNE. ARTIFIGIAL STONE LAUNDRY TUB. No. 457.111. Patented Aug. 4,1891.

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ARTIFICIAL-STONE LAUNDRY-TUB.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patet No. 45'7,111, dated August4, 1891.

Application filed March 1391- To all whom 't may concerm Be it knownthat I, THOMAS P. DUNNE, a citizen of the United States, and a residentof the city ot New York, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inArtificial-Stone Laundry-Tubs, of which the following` is aspecification.

This invention relates to inprovements in laundry-tubs; and 'the objectof my invention is to provide a laundry-tub which is simple inConstruction, strong, and durable, and requires very short plumbingconnections.

The invention consists of a laundry-tub having an overflow-channel inits transverse central partition, with'openings at the npper end of saidchannel in each face of said partition, the lower end ot' theoverfiow-channel being connected with an outlet-channel formed in thebottom of the tub and having suitable openings connecting it with thesections of the tub.

The invention also consists in the construction and combination of partsand details, which will be fully described and set forth hereinafter,and pointed ont in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure I is a plan View of my improvedlaundrytub. Fig. II is a Vertical longitudinal sectional View of thesame on the line 2 2, Fig. I; and Fig. III is a transverse sectionalView of the same on the line 3 3 of Fig. II.

Similar lettersof reference indicate corresponding parts.

Thelaundry-tub has the conventional shape and is provided with a centralpartition B, dividing it into the two compartments C and C'. In saidcentral pa'tition B an overflowchannel D is formed, which extends fromthe bottom of said partition to near the top of the same and is providedat its npper end with the two branchesE and E', formingopenings in thetwo faces of the partition B near the npper end of the same. Suitablebushv ings F, provided with strainers, are embedded and held in thesides ot' the partition at said openings E and E'.

In the bottom of the tub the longitudinal wa ste-channel G is formed,and ,extends from a point a short distance from one side of the SerialNo. 385,()27. (No model.)

partition B to the end of the tub, and is connected with the twocompartments C C' by the short upwardly-projecting brancl tubes H H', atthe end of each of which a bushing I is embedded in the bottom of thetub, said bushings being provided with the ordinary strainers andadapted to receive the nsual plugs. The channel G is preferably madeellipsoidal in cross-section, and below said channel the bottom isprovided with a slight bulge G', as shown in Fig. 3, as thereby thenecessity of increasing the thickness of the bottom of the tub unduly isavoided. In the end of the channel G abushingJ is embedded in such amanner as to project from the end of the tub, which bushing serves forconnecting the waste-pipe with the tub.

The tub is made of artificial stone cast into suitable molds, the coresfor the channels D and Gbeing nade of material that can be easilyremoved by heat or other means, and which cores are suitably arranged inthe Inold.

By constructing the tub in the manner that I have set forth the usualwaste-pipe connections on the bottoms of the tubs can be dispensed with,and the cost of the entire tub is thus reduced, as the amount ofplnmbing, labor, and material is reduced materially. Furthermore, thereis no danger of breaking the waste-pipes, as the waste-channel isentirely within the bottom of the tub.

It is evident that the tub can be constructed with more than twocompartments and more than one partition provided in the overflows, asset forth.

Having thus described ny invention, I claim as new and desire tosecureby Letters Patent-- An artificial-stone laundry-tub constructedwith a transverse partition dividing the tub into two compartments andwith an outletchannel formed within the bottom of the tnb and extendingfrom one end of the tub to a short distance beyond the transversepartition, an overflow-channel formed in the partition and extendingfrom the top of the same to the outlet-channel fol-med in the bottom ofthe tub, the npper end of said overflow-chan nel comnunicating with bothcompartnents, and outlet-openings for each compartment,

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eonmunieating with the outlet-ehannel, bushn y nvention I have signed myname' in preslngs being placed in the overfiow-openings enee of twosubseribng witnesses. and n the 0ut1et-0penngs, and a metal couplingembedded in the end of the tub at the THOS. P. DUNNE. end of saidoutlet-channel, substantially as W it-esses: set forth. OSCAR F. GUNZ,

In testimony that I claim the fo'egoing as A. M. BAKER.

